Adaptability Becoming an Even Better Predictor of Executive Success

Posted By: Joseph Daniel McCool
Filed Under: leadership, joseph daniel mccool, business success, adaptability

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Over the past four years, nearly every company has had to confront the challenge of change in all its forms. From the need to shift to a new business model, serving new customers, doing more with less and getting creative when it comes to meeting financial commitments, the sheer pace and scale of change has been daunting.

Published on: Monday, April 30, 2012

Leadership, Defined by Leaders

Posted By: Robyn Greenspan
Filed Under: robyn greenspan, leadership, inspiration, quotes

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Even author and Harvard Business School professor Bill George quoted someone else, Jeff Immelt, CEO of GE, when he spoke about leadership: "Leadership is a long journey into your own soul." But, George added, "Nothing is more fulfilling than leading, bringing people together to make a difference in the world."

As leaders, you've read countless volumes learning how to better lead and drive team performance and organizations, and spent more untold hours on-the-job doing, but sometimes it's a simple phrase that crystallizes the leadership experience. Here's some inspiration from successful leaders ExecuNet has captured while on location that we've collected to share with you.

Published on: Monday, April 30, 2012

Is Your Résumé Recruiter-Ready?

Posted By: Robyn Greenspan
Filed Under: robyn greenspan, executive recruiters, search firms, executive branding, peer feedback, personal marketing documents, peer point-of-view

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More than half of the executive résumés that landed on recruiters' desks needed improvement before they could be submitted to a potential employer, according to ExecuNet research, which could cause your application to be delayed or rejected.

Your résumé may be complete, but is it optimized for the right opportunities? This topic evoked an active discussion on ExecuNet's member blog, and the executive community shared their tips from both candidate and hiring manager perspectives:

Published on: Thursday, April 26, 2012

Do Something Differently

Posted By: Robyn Greenspan
Filed Under: robyn greenspan, executive recruiters, executive job search, executive employment, career management, executive job market intelligence report

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When executives began their most recent job search, they thought it would take just over six months to land their new position, according to ExecuNet research. But when a new job didn't materialize after that period of time, our survey respondents estimated it would take almost another half-year before their search efforts were effective.

On average, it had been 6½ years since these executives had last been in a job search, and a lot has changed since mid-2005: The unemployment rate was at 5 percent, and in ExecuNet's 2006 Executive Job Market Intelligence Report, our analysis focused on the high demand for executive talent. Here's what we wrote back then:

Published on: Tuesday, April 24, 2012

President Clinton Positive about Interdependent Future

Posted By: Robyn Greenspan
Filed Under: world business forum, employment, wbf, world economy, future, president clinton

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Bill Clinton is uniquely qualified to offer perspective and potential solutions for bolstering the American economic system. His eight years in the White House have been followed by global volunteer work in places like Haiti, while his wife, Hillary Clinton, attends to her duties as Secretary of State.

"I'd like to give you framework for which I view the world, including the current economic crisis, not so you can agree with me but so you can form your own framework," the former president offered at the 2011 World Business Forum, where ExecuNet exclusively reported,. "We're experiencing the political equivalent of chaos theory in physics. It's inherently confusing and in need of clarity."